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Past tense of curl

regular verb

The past tense of curl is curled. The past participle is also curled.

Forms of curl

Base form (V1)curl /kɜːl/
Past tense (V2)curled
Past participle (V3)curled
Present participlecurling /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/
Third person singularcurls

Curled in a sentence

  • He picked the ball up about forty yards out on the left wing, left a trail of Arsenal defenders in his wake, and curled the ball round Geoff Barnett as he came right out into the far corner.1998, Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch, page 70
  • Clouds curled down from the mountains.1977, Scott O'Dell, Carlota, page 1
  • He looked like a baby zebra, curled up in his stripy T-shirt.From the entry stripy
  • Aww, look at the kitten curled up in her lap!From the entry aww
  • The cat will wake up in a tightly curled position, then untuck her head, and gradually her limbs, and then stretch.From the entry untuck

Meaning of curl

  1. noun A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
  2. noun A curved stroke or shape.
  3. noun A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.

Full definition of curl

Questions about the past tense of curl

What is the past tense of curl?
The past tense of curl is curled.
What is the past participle of curl?
The past participle of curl is curled.
Is curl a regular or irregular verb?
Curl is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: curl (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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